Handbook of Maize: Its Biology

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Bennetzen, Jeff L. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Hake, Sarah C. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Plant science.; Botany.; Plant genetics.; Life Sciences.; Plant Sciences.; Plant Genetics & Genomics.

Maize is one of the world’s highest value crops, with a multibillion dollar annual contribution to agriculture. The great adaptability and high yield of maize as a food, feed and forage crop have led to its production on a massive scale, with acreage expanding at the expense of other crops. Maize ha...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Vegetative Shoot Meristems
• Development of the Inflorescences
• The Maize Floral Transition
• The Maize Male Gametophyte
• The Maize Megagametophyte
• Patterning of the Maize Embryo and the Perspective of Evolutionary Developmental Biology
• Kernel Biology
• The Maize Root System: Morphology, Anatomy, and Genetics
• Axial Patterning of the Maize Leaf
• Cell Biology of Maize Leaf Development
• Light Signal Transduction Networks in Maize
• Maize Disease Resistance
• Virus Resistance
• Genetics and Biochemistry of Insect Resistance in Maize
• Chilling Stress in Maize Seedlings
• Drought Tolerance in Maize
• Responses to Oxygen Deprivation and Potential for Enhanced Flooding Tolerance in Maize
• Maize Al Tolerance
• Maize Under Phosphate Limitation
• Agronomic Traits and Maize Modifications: Nitrogen Use Efficiency
• Seed Phosphate
• Seed Starch Synthesis
• Heterosis
• Increasing Yield
• The Illinois Long-Term Selection Experiment, Related Studies, and Perspectives
• QTL for Agronomic Traits in Maize Production
• The Mexican Landraces: Description, Classification and Diversity
• Production, Breeding and Process of Maize in China.